Friskis & Svettis

I joined the gym on campus today. It's actually a regular gym, called Friskis & Svettis (frisk = healthy or well, svett = sweat; I don't know what the "is" makes them, though; regardless, we make fun of it), that has space at the KI. It would kind of be like having an LA Fitness or Gold's Gym on a college campus. The memberships for KI students and staff are discounted (big time), but other people can join too.

After joining, I went to a step aerobics class with most of the girls from my lab. I was regularly going to step classes in Atlanta so I knew the "steps". It was a good thing because the classes are called out in Swedish! Unless the Swedish name was the same as the English (ie. "step touch"), I had no idea what the step was until everyone started doing it so I was always a bit behind. I don't think I picked up any new words (I was too busy trying to catch up!) but it was good reinforcement of höger and vänster (right and left). I'm told that the cardio boxing classes are easier to follow since they use the same terms (hook, jab, roundhouse, etc).